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NZ Motocross Championships Wrap Up This Weekend
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 6:00 am | Bikesport NZ
MARCH 22, 2023: All roads again lead to Taupo this weekend, surely making this popular tourist town the Kiwi Mecca for top-level motorcycle racing in this country. Just two weeks after the holiday hotspot hosted the sixth and final round of the 2022-23 ... More >>
Hunter Charlett Follows Close In Dad’s Wheel Tracks
Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 5:58 pm | Bikesport NZ
Christchurch’s just-crowned national Supersport 150 champion Hunter Charlett (left), with his former champion father Dennis at the Taupo International Motorsport Park at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com It’s always a real family ... More >>
Pressure Goes On For Superbike Champs Title Hopefuls
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 8:56 pm | Bikesport NZ
Expect the racing to be just as close as this at the fifth round of six in this season's New Zealand Superbike Championships at Hampton Downs this coming weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com Imagine there are only two laps to go, the ... More >>
New Zealand's Elite Women Will Battle In The Bay
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 6:21 am | Bikesport NZ
FEBRUARY 22, 2023: The 2023 senior New Zealand Motocross Championships action set for the Bay of Plenty this weekend offers double the delight for race fans. Sunday's racing, scheduled for the popular Phillips family farmland track just outside Rotorua, ... More >>
Woodville Motocross Grand Prix Cancelled Again
Sunday, 29 January 2023, 6:51 pm | Bikesport NZ
Mother Nature was too powerful by far for the assembled masses of New Zealand’s motocross elite, with heavy rain forcing organisers to cancel the 2023 edition of the New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, ... More >>
Turf Wars Set To Erupt In Woodville This Weekend
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 6:37 pm | Bikesport NZ
It's a traffic jam of the motocross variety as Westgate's Hamish Harwood (bike No.1), Te Puke's Tyler Steiner (5) and Papamoa's Cody Cooper (121) battle for an advantage at the front. Fierce action like this is in store for race fans at the eastern end ... More >>
Racers Head To The Deep South For Round Four
Wednesday, 11 January 2023, 2:15 pm | Bikesport NZ
We might now be halfway through the 2022-23 New Zealand Superbike Championships, but there's still plenty left for the riders to fight for. Indeed, three of the scheduled six rounds of this AON Insurance and Pirelli-sponsored series have been completed ... More >>
Countdown Begins For The Start Of 2023 Motocross Season
Friday, 6 January 2023, 7:05 pm | Bikesport NZ
Foxton rider Locky McLean (Honda), seen here tackling the famous River Race at the previous New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville in January 2021. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com The countdown has started for the start of the 2023 ... More >>
Superbike Nationals Set To Resume In Christchurch
Tuesday, 3 January 2023, 8:01 pm | Bikesport NZ
Rangiora's former national 600cc champion Avalon Biddle (Kawasaki ZX6R), a rider to watch for in the Formula Two/Supersport 600 class at Ruapuna, in Christchurch, this coming weekend. She is currently a close fifth in the class standings after ... More >>
Suzuki Series Finale Will Offer Thrills At Every Corner
Friday, 23 December 2022, 5:41 pm | Bikesport NZ
Whanganui is the place to be on Boxing Day with the famously-spectacular Cemetery Circuit races back on the calendar after a year's lull due to the pandemic. It's always the most eagerly-awaited road-race spectacle of the year and it's just a few ... More >>
Cooper And Kawasaki On Top In Two Premier Classes
Monday, 5 December 2022, 5:33 pm | Bikesport NZ
Papamoa's Cody Cooper (Bridgestone Kawasaki Racing Team KX450F) on his way to yet another race win, this time at round two of the Waikato Motocross Championships near Te Kuiti on Sunday. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com Like a fine wine, Bay ... More >>
Start To NZ’s Showcase Road-race Contest Called Off
Sunday, 4 December 2022, 5:15 am | Bikesport NZ
DECEMBER 4, 2022: Motorcycling New Zealand, the sport’s governing body here, believes rider safety always comes first and this policy was clearly in evidence when the opening round of the 2022-23 was abandoned at approximately 1pm on day one at Taupo ... More >>
Whitaker Has Winning Records In Two Disciplines
Monday, 28 November 2022, 3:06 pm | Bikesport NZ
It's official, KTM rider Jake Whitaker is currently the best New Zealand has to offer on the extreme dirt bike racing scene. The 31-year-old father-of-two from Wainuiomata was virtually unbeatable this season, making it a record fourth time that he has ... More >>
Still Plenty Left To Fight For At The Final Round
Monday, 21 November 2022, 7:53 pm | Bikesport NZ
NOVEMBER 21, 2022: The main trophy may already be locked away, but that doesn't mean the action will be any less intense or vital for the hundreds of competitors expected to show up for the final showdown on Sunday. This year's Yamaha-sponsored ... More >>
The 2022 Yamaha Extreme Off-Road Championships
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 5:56 pm | Bikesport NZ
Taupo's Wil Yeoman (Yamaha), a rider to watch out for in Christchurch this weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com The competition will be red hot at the double-header third round of four in this year's New Zealand Extreme Off-Road Championship series ... More >>
Greatest Show On Turf Is Just Around The Corner
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 6:27 pm | Bikesport NZ
Te Puke's Tyler Steiner (Honda CRF450), one to watch out for in the premier MX1 grade when the gates drop at Woodville 2023. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com It is just a handful of weeks away now to the “greatest show on turf” – the ... More >>
Courtney Duncan Dominates NZ Motocross Championships
Monday, 31 October 2022, 11:03 am | Bikesport NZ
It was perhaps appropriate that Kawasaki riders Courtney Duncan and Cody Cooper dominated proceedings in two of the key categories at the 2022 New Zealand Veterans' and Women's Motocross Championships at the weekend. The popular annual ... More >>
Champions Galore At NZ Vets' And Women's Champs
Sunday, 30 October 2022, 7:09 pm | Bikesport NZ
It was champions galore at the 2022 edition of the annual New Zealand Veterans' and Women's Motocross Championships near Cambridge at the weekend. Former national and international motocross champions, current champions and rising stars of the ... More >>
Keegan Makes It National Atv Crown Number Seven
Tuesday, 25 October 2022, 6:54 pm | Bikesport NZ
Stratford's Camo Keegan (Honda TRX450R), successful in defending his premier grade title at the weekend. Photo by Andy McGechan, BikesportNZ.com The cream of the crop descended on Taranaki at the weekend for the 2022 edition of the New Zealand ATV ... More >>
Kawasaki's Cooper Sends Warning Message To Rivals
Monday, 24 October 2022, 5:35 pm | Bikesport NZ
The 2022-23 New Zealand motocross season could not have kicked off much better for Bay of Plenty racer Cody Cooper. The just-turned 39-year-old showed that age is no barrier to performing at the top level if you've got a winning machine underneath ... More >>
